Wahyu 19:17

19:17 Then ¹  I saw one angel standing in ²  the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: ³ 

“Come, gather around for the great banquet ⁴  of God,

Wahyu 20:8

20:8 and will go out to deceive ⁵  the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, ⁶  to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. ⁷ 

Wahyu 22:2

22:2 flowing down the middle of the city’s ⁸  main street. ⁹  On each side ¹⁰  of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds ¹¹  of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. ¹²  Its leaves are for the healing of the nations.

[19:17]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

[19:17]  ² tn The precise significance of ἐν (en) here is difficult to determine.

[19:17]  ³ tn On μεσουρανήματι (mesouranhmati) here see L&N 1.10: “high in the sky, midpoint in the sky, directly overhead, straight above in the sky.” The birds mentioned here are carrion birds like vultures, circling high overhead, and now being summoned to feast on the corpses.

[19:17]  ⁴ tn This is the same Greek word (δεῖπνον, deipnon) used in 19:9.

[20:8]  ⁵ tn Or “mislead.”

[20:8]  ⁶ sn The battle with Gog and Magog is described in the OT in Ezek 38:1-39:20.

[20:8]  ⁷ tn Grk “of whom the number of them [is] like the sand of the sea” (an allusion to Isa 10:22).

[22:2]  ⁸ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the city, the new Jerusalem) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:2]  ⁹ tn The Greek word πλατεῖα (plateia) refers to a major (broad) street (L&N 1.103).

[22:2]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “From here and from there.”

[22:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “twelve crops” (one for each month of the year).

[22:2]  ¹² tn The words “of the year” are implied.